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Egypt vs European Union EU

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Egypt is a country located in Northern Africa with an area of 1,010,407 km2 (land boundries: 2,612 km and costline 2,450 km). The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The number of inhabitants is 101,576,517.

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, imported Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems. The leading suppliers of military hardware to Egypt are France, Russia, and the United States.

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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 6 billion $ 295.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 438,500 1,277,969
Reserve personnel: 479,000 1,687,132
Available for military: 41,157,220 92,594,951

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 3,789 4,244
Armoured fighting vehicles: 8,699 29,656
Total artillery: 4,328 6,056
Self-propelled artillery: 889 1,856
Rocket artillery: 1,250 674

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 1,103 5,350
Fighter aircraft: 44 415
Multirole aircraft: 278 883
Attack aircraft: 121 142
Helicopters: 310 2,336
UCAV (combat drone): 32 68

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 193 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 2 7
Destroyers: 0 18
Frigates: 14 69
Corvettes: 7 23
Submarines: 8 48

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Egypt

Does not have nuclear weapons.

European Union EU

Data not available

Military service

Egypt

18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.

European Union EU

Data not available